2014年3月30日星期日

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Spanish journalists home after Syria kidnap ordeal

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 11:37 AM PDT

El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa (R) and freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova give a press conference at El Mundo's headquarters in Madrid on March 30, 2014Two Spanish journalists taken hostage in Syria by an Al-Qaeda-linked group returned smiling to Spain on Sunday to greet their loved ones after six months in captivity. El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa, 49, and freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, 42, landed at a military airbase near Madrid from Turkey. Looking tired and drawn but happy, they appeared briefly before the cameras at the offices of El Mundo newspaper, Espinosa's employer, and hugged relatives and colleagues. As you can see, we are perfectly well," Espinosa said.


2 Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria go free

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Spanish reporter Javier Espinosa, reacts as his soon Yerai runs towards him upon his arrival at the military airport of Torrejon in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Two Spanish journalists who were freed after being kidnapped for more than six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group are flying back home Sunday, Spain's Defense Ministry said. The El Mundo newspaper reported earlier that its war correspondent Javier Espinosa made contact late Saturday from Turkey, where he and photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were under military protection. (AP Photo/Paco Campos, Pool)MADRID (AP) — Two Spanish journalists freed after being held hostage for more than six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group returned home Sunday to an emotional welcome from friends and colleagues.


More than 50 Syria rebels, jihadists killed: NGO

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 10:55 AM PDT

Members of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People stand on top of a vehicle captured during clashes in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, on August 29, 2013More than 50 rebels and jihadists were killed in fighting in northeast Syria's Hasakeh province as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) overran a town bordering Iraq, an NGO said Sunday. "The number of Al-Nusra Front and rebel fighters killed in battles (Saturday) against ISIL in the strategic town of Markada in the south of Hasake province has risen to 39," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Markada is important because it provides ISIL with a supply route from Iraq into the road linking Hasake to Deir Ezzor," said the Observatory. Oil-rich Hasake and Deir Ezzor provinces border Iraq, where ISIL has its roots.


Iraq electoral commission retracts resignation before vote

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 09:45 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at the opening day of a counter-terrorism conference in BaghdadMembers of Iraq's electoral commission retracted their resignations on Sunday, having threatened to quit en masse in protest against political interference just one month before a nationwide vote. The entire board of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) tendered its resignation last week, further complicating the outlook for polls that have already been clouded by violence across the country. In a statement following a visit by the United Nations' envoy to Iraq, IHEC said: "The decision has been taken to withdraw the resignations and resume our duties in full confidence". IHEC said it had found itself caught between conflicting rulings from parliament and the judiciary regarding the exclusion of certain candidates from the election, due on April 30.


Iraq attacks kill nine, one month before elections

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 07:38 AM PDT

A gaping hole is seen following a suicide bombing in the center of the al-Hauz Bridge which lies across the Euphrates River in Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad on March 30, 2014Attacks in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq killed nine people Sunday, exactly a month before parliamentary polls with violence at its worst since the country emerged from a bloody sectarian conflict. The latest violence came hours after seven soldiers were shot dead at a checkpoint in a late-night attack by militants in the north, the latest in a surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 2,200 people already this year. A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives on a major bridge in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad where security forces are still grappling to retain full control after militants took over several neighbourhoods two months ago. Ramadi originally had five bridges across the Euphrates River before a militant surge earlier this year.


Romania: soldier killed, 5 wounded in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 07:20 AM PDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania says one of its serviceman has been killed and five troops wounded by a roadside bomb in southeastern Afghanistan.

2 Spanish journalists freed from kidnap in Syria

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 07:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on May 24, 2012, Spanish reporters Javier Espinosa, right, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, left, pose for a photo during the ceremony of the Miguel Gil journalisms awards in Barcelona, Spain. The two Spanish journalists were freed after being held captive for six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group, the newspaper for which one of the men worked said Sunday March 30, 2014. Espinosa and Vilanova were held since September by the breakaway group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, who detained them at a checkpoint in the town of Tal Abyad in the eastern province of Raqqa, where the militants dominate. The two were trying to leave Syria at the time. (AP Photo/Joan Borras, file)MADRID (AP) — Two Spanish journalists who were freed after being kidnapped for six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group are flying back home Sunday, Spain's Defense Ministry said.


Attacks kill 16 people in Iraq

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 04:43 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks in Iraq, including a shooting at a security checkpoint and a suicide car bomb, killed 16 people and destroyed a bridge on Sunday, said officials.

Two Spanish journalists freed after over six months in Syria

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 02:12 AM PDT

Two Spanish journalists held hostage in Syria by an al Qaeda-linked militant group for 194 days have been freed and handed over to the Turkish military in good health, one of the men told his employer El Mundo newspaper. El Mundo Middle East correspondent Javier Espinosa called the newspaper's newsroom late on Saturday to say he and freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova had been released and to inform their families. The journalists had been attempting to leave Syria after two weeks covering the conflict when they were taken, the newspaper said.

Attacks kill 12 people in Iraq

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 02:02 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack at a security checkpoint and a suicide car bomb in Iraq killed 12 people and destroyed a bridge on Sunday, said officials.

Report: 2 Spanish journalists freed in Syria

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 01:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on May 24, 2012, Spanish reporters Javier Espinosa, right, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, left, pose for a photo during the ceremony of the Miguel Gil journalisms awards in Barcelona, Spain. The two Spanish journalists were freed after being held captive for six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group, the newspaper for which one of the men worked said Sunday March 30, 2014. Espinosa and Vilanova were held since September by the breakaway group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, who detained them at a checkpoint in the town of Tal Abyad in the eastern province of Raqqa, where the militants dominate. The two were trying to leave Syria at the time. (AP Photo/Joan Borras, file)BEIRUT (AP) — Two Spanish journalists were freed after being held captive for six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group, the newspaper for which one of the men worked said Sunday.


Gunmen kill 7 soldiers in Iraq

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 01:08 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen killed seven soldiers during an attack at a security checkpoint near a northern city.

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